As much as people might want to believe that there are actual communistic nations, the fact of the matter is, that there has never been a true communistic nation, and there probably never will be. To be a true communistic nation, that type of society would reflect a government that would own everything, and that therefore there would be no private property held in the hands of individuals, of which, as it has been said, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” On the surface, this does sound like some sort of little paradise in which all our needs would thereby be met. Yet, all we need to do is look around at any of those nations with the audacity to call themselves communistic, and it becomes all too clear that none of these governments are actually communistic, but rather there is a clear distinction between those that are the governmental elite that seemingly own or control the lion’s share of everything, and the masses, which have to be obedient to their autocratic form of government, or be subject to losing that which they consider to be their own.
So too, when it comes to America, and their historic fear of the menace of communism, none of that actually makes any real sense. Indeed, America has its own form of Constitutional governance, which seems to work for the people in an acceptable manner, and if so-called communist nations want to be communistic, it doesn’t seem like that would actually really matter much to Americans. Additionally, Nations understand the value of commerce and trade, communistic or not, and as long as there is commerce involved between nation-states, it probably doesn’t really matter what form of government these other nations allegedly have.
Furthermore, sovereign nations should clearly be entitled to whatever form of government that they desire to have, whether or not such is pleasing to America. So then, it just doesn’t make sense at all, the type of angst that America has displayed when it comes to communism, of which, it might well be pointed out, that when provided with the opportunity to fight communism in WWII, America chose not to fight against the communist Soviet Union, but rather chose to fight with the communist Soviet Union.
Perhaps America is so against communism, because it seems to be in opposition to capitalism, but even if this was true, history has already indicated to us, that communism in conjunction with human nature, is not ever going to be successful as envisioned by Karl Marx. After all, people’s needs and people’s wants have a tendency to merge and to somehow expect that all anyone will ever want in life is a little bit of something and no more, seems to run against what we know of human nature. Furthermore, people that have power, money, as well as influence, typically are not the same type of people that willingly give such away. In summary, all of the concerns about how we should be fearful of communism, just seems to be misapplied, and what America really needs to concentrate upon, is doing the best by its own people, above all.